Alberta suspends caribou protection plan, asks for assistance from Ottawa Published 3/19/2018 6:02 PMAlberta is suspending portions of its draft plan to protect threatened woodland caribou, saying more research needs to be done and that Ottawa needs to help out.Environment Minister Shannon Phillips told the house Monday the province is acting on concerns about the economic impacts of the protect...Published at CBC Edmonton

Ammonia leaking from tankers closes Highway 63 south of Fort McMurray Published 3/19/2018 5:54 PMFort McMurray — Police have closed Highway 63 in both directions after a collision between a tanker truck and road grader Monday afternoon, causing two tankers of ammonia to leak.Wood Buffalo RCMP said the collision happened approximately 50 km south of Fort McMurray. Highway traffic moving north...Published at Edmonton Journal

Alberta father charged with leaving 2-month-old baby in car outside bar Published 3/19/2018 5:27 PMA Drayton Valley father has been charged with child abandonment after a two-month-old infant was left alone in a car outside a rural bar.The 33-year-old man, who appeared intoxicated to witnesses, pulled over on the side of the road near a Calmar bar at around 10:30 p.m. Friday and went in, RCMP ...Published at CBC Edmonton